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  • plutoniumacid@lemmy.worldP [email protected]

    How so? What does this do?

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    Best I can tell is it’s a normal `username@hostname current_directory$ sorta prompt with some coloring:
    • Red for the square brackets
    • Orange (color 172) for the username
    • Light blue (color 153) for the hostname
    • Amber (color 214) for the current working directory

    Other than being hard to read from the embedded coloring I’m not sure why this is a war crime.

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      Is this running in your rc (i.e. every single time you open a terminal)? Even if it's safe, I'd be annoyed by any delay.

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      #36

      It is in my .bashrc, but any delay is not noticeable.

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        Is this running in your rc (i.e. every single time you open a terminal)? Even if it's safe, I'd be annoyed by any delay.

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        #37

        Yeah, its checking if the file exists first, so it's not doing it all the time.

        My worry is more related to repos takeovers or hacks. This is pretty hidden, so it could be easy to even forget it's there, probably not the worst, but still..

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        • mike_wooskey@lemmy.thewooskeys.comM [email protected]

          It is in my .bashrc, but any delay is not noticeable.

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          Ah that's fair, I didn't look closely

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          • kalcifer@sh.itjust.worksK [email protected]

            I'm looking for inspiration for a custom Bash prompt^[1]^. I'd love to see yours! 😊

            ::: spoiler References

            1. Type: Documentation. Title: "Bash Reference Manual". Publisher: Gnu Project. Edition: 5.2. Published: 2022-09-19. Accessed: 2025-03-21T02:46Z. URI: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/index.html.
              • §6.9 "Controlling the Prompt". URI: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Controlling-the-Prompt.html.
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            #39

            I'm mainly using zsh but I have a backup bash prompt that closely mirrors it.

            retval() {
                    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
                            printf ""
                    else
                            printf "\001\e[31m\002($?)\001\e[0m\002"
                    fi
            }
            
            gitbranch() {
                    if type git 2> /dev/null 1> /dev/null && git rev-parse 2> /dev/null 1> /dev/null ; then
                            MODIFIED=""
                            if [[ -n $(git status --short) ]]; then
                                    MODIFIED=" M"
                            fi
                            BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
                            SHORTREF=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
                            printf "\001\e[31m\002%s\001\e[0m\002(%s)\001\e[31m\002%s\001\e[0m\002" $BRANCH $SHORTREF $MODIFIED
                    else
                            echo -n ""
                    fi
            }
            
            export PROMPT_DIRTRIM=3
            
            PS1='$(retval)[\001\e[1;95m\002\u\001\e[0m\002@\h : \w $(gitbranch)] \$ '
            PS2='> '
            

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            • M [email protected]

              By now, enough people have fish that you can basically assume those scripts being “portable”. Far better than nushell or xonsh - which are both pretty advanced shells but other tools lack support for them, e.g. Midnight Commander.

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              #40

              Am I a loser if I stick to POSIX?

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              • kalcifer@sh.itjust.worksK [email protected]

                I'm looking for inspiration for a custom Bash prompt^[1]^. I'd love to see yours! 😊

                ::: spoiler References

                1. Type: Documentation. Title: "Bash Reference Manual". Publisher: Gnu Project. Edition: 5.2. Published: 2022-09-19. Accessed: 2025-03-21T02:46Z. URI: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/index.html.
                  • §6.9 "Controlling the Prompt". URI: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Controlling-the-Prompt.html.
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                #41

                computer /usr/share/ $>

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                • kalcifer@sh.itjust.worksK [email protected]

                  I'm looking for inspiration for a custom Bash prompt^[1]^. I'd love to see yours! 😊

                  ::: spoiler References

                  1. Type: Documentation. Title: "Bash Reference Manual". Publisher: Gnu Project. Edition: 5.2. Published: 2022-09-19. Accessed: 2025-03-21T02:46Z. URI: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/index.html.
                    • §6.9 "Controlling the Prompt". URI: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Controlling-the-Prompt.html.
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                  PS1='\[\e[1m\][\[\e[92m\]\u\[\e[0m\]@\[\e[96;1;3m\]\h\[\e[0;1m\]]\[\e[0m\] \[\e[1m\][\[\e[38;5;226m\]\w\[\e[39m\]]\[\e[0m\] \[\e[97;1m\]~\[\e[92;5m\]\$\[\e[0m\] '

                  image

                  Note: The "$" prompt flashes like a typical cursor.

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                  • kalcifer@sh.itjust.worksK [email protected]

                    I'm looking for inspiration for a custom Bash prompt^[1]^. I'd love to see yours! 😊

                    ::: spoiler References

                    1. Type: Documentation. Title: "Bash Reference Manual". Publisher: Gnu Project. Edition: 5.2. Published: 2022-09-19. Accessed: 2025-03-21T02:46Z. URI: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/index.html.
                      • §6.9 "Controlling the Prompt". URI: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Controlling-the-Prompt.html.
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                    #43

                    Mine shows the full path and a new line for commands.

                    It will also print the exit code of the last command in red above the prompt, if the exit code is not 0.

                    PS1='$(ec="$?"; if [ $ec -gt 0 ]; then echo -e "\n"[\e[91m]"exit code: $ec"[\e[0m]; fi)\n[\e[92m]\u[\e[38;5;213m]@[\e[38;5;39m]\h[\e[0m]:$PWD\n$ '

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                    • kalcifer@sh.itjust.worksK [email protected]

                      I'm looking for inspiration for a custom Bash prompt^[1]^. I'd love to see yours! 😊

                      ::: spoiler References

                      1. Type: Documentation. Title: "Bash Reference Manual". Publisher: Gnu Project. Edition: 5.2. Published: 2022-09-19. Accessed: 2025-03-21T02:46Z. URI: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/index.html.
                        • §6.9 "Controlling the Prompt". URI: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Controlling-the-Prompt.html.
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                      Mine is just status(if not zero) and wd

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                      • M [email protected]

                        C:>

                        /s

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                        Convert the PWD value to use backslashes, too, for extra cursedness.

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                          Convert the PWD value to use backslashes, too, for extra cursedness.

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                          c/FoundSatan

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                          • kalcifer@sh.itjust.worksK [email protected]

                            I'm looking for inspiration for a custom Bash prompt^[1]^. I'd love to see yours! 😊

                            ::: spoiler References

                            1. Type: Documentation. Title: "Bash Reference Manual". Publisher: Gnu Project. Edition: 5.2. Published: 2022-09-19. Accessed: 2025-03-21T02:46Z. URI: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/index.html.
                              • §6.9 "Controlling the Prompt". URI: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Controlling-the-Prompt.html.
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                            [username@host ~]$ >

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                            • kalcifer@sh.itjust.worksK [email protected]

                              I'm looking for inspiration for a custom Bash prompt^[1]^. I'd love to see yours! 😊

                              ::: spoiler References

                              1. Type: Documentation. Title: "Bash Reference Manual". Publisher: Gnu Project. Edition: 5.2. Published: 2022-09-19. Accessed: 2025-03-21T02:46Z. URI: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/index.html.
                                • §6.9 "Controlling the Prompt". URI: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Controlling-the-Prompt.html.
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                              My shit is custom and rather elaborate. From left-to-right:

                              • name@server-name
                              • Uptime (multiplied by 10 and rounded to the nearest integer to save space)
                              • Percentage disk space available on /
                              • Number on established network connections
                              • Git branch : commit
                              • Python virtualenv
                              • [new line]
                              • date and time

                              The code for this is on GitLab.

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                              • kalcifer@sh.itjust.worksK [email protected]

                                I'm looking for inspiration for a custom Bash prompt^[1]^. I'd love to see yours! 😊

                                ::: spoiler References

                                1. Type: Documentation. Title: "Bash Reference Manual". Publisher: Gnu Project. Edition: 5.2. Published: 2022-09-19. Accessed: 2025-03-21T02:46Z. URI: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/index.html.
                                  • §6.9 "Controlling the Prompt". URI: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Controlling-the-Prompt.html.
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